Normal values for single fiber EMG parameters of frontalis muscle in healthy subjects older than 70 years

Balci K., Turgut N., Nurlu G.

CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, vol.116, no.7, pp.1555-1557, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 116 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.03.001
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1555-1557
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: Single fiber EMG (SFEMG) is a potent electrophysiological method to evaluate impaired neuromuscular transmission, and allows sensitive diagnosis of neuromuscular transmission abnormalities such as myasthenia gravis. The jitter and fiber density values are different for various muscles and age groups and the reference values increase with age. In this study, we evaluated the reference values of jitter and fiber density of frontalis muscle in healthy subjects older than 70 years.